This is from the somewhat mythical CCG "Mythic Palace", which I'm still not sure ever got released. At least I never saw a copy anywhere! Fun architecture on this one - I started with a bunch of 3D primitive shapes in Strata (yes, I still use it!) and painted over. Much quicker than doing it all by hand in perspective.

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This looks so great. It reminds me of so many ancient places from so many places, Robert E. Howard's Conan for one but it still looks so original. It looks like a place I have imagined but never actually seen with my eyes until now.P.S. Hanging Gardens? Sparks so many ideas, is this any Hanging Gardens in perticular?

Hey, thanks so much! You know, it's interesting - I'll usually use my drafting machine to draw a perspective grid for my rough sketch in things like this, then do the 3D model based on that. I'm not sure if it actually saves a LOT of time... but the shadows and things do come out a lot better.

wow now thats complicated, no idea what a drafting machine is... ah wiki seems to show it in all its unusual form. So u use this drafting machine to do the basic perspective and then do a basic 3d model to work out the rest, like lighting?

Yes, you DO need a drawing table to mount it on. The cheaper kind like I have attach to the side or top of the table, while the more expensive (better) kind actually have a vertical bar that clamps on the top and bottom of the table and holds in place more solidly. Both are great though!

The first "historic" archieves were found in Babilon describing Queen Semiramis's hanging gardens. The original concept had certain weaknesses later found out how they have been solved.

Not offence. The folowing is for the pople to understand the hole background and the historic roots.

And you did not. The original hanging gardens were vertically layered with rock and soil. The soil sucked up the water and trough it the plants could be feeded. Also the original palace was a solid building without inner halls. It would be impossible to hold the weight of all not to mention the roots of the trees destroying the foundings. The hole palace would collapsed. The original garden was a mezopotamian piramid with 1 small building on the top where the princess lived and served her god. The original gardens were truely amazing (knowing the garden and the original size), but not as spectecular as this picture.

Glad you liked the picture! Thanks for the background info - I did some research on the subject but not that in-depth at all. Frankly if I'd known about the solid building I would probably still have done it this way; it IS a fantasy, after all... Thanks much!